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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Saudi ArabiaNorth MacedoniaQatar
19,9642,006627
20,4262,017659
20,9562,026691
21,5492,011724
22,1892,018757
22,8502,024850
23,5162,0281,001
24,1782,0311,153
24,8412,0351,306
25,5182,0381,460
26,2272,0421,615
27,0682,0461,770
27,8102,0491,904
28,5162,0522,010
29,2202,0552,103
29,9362,0582,187
30,6462,0612,261
31,3602,0632,326
32,1842,0652,384
32,8692,0672,435
33,6612,0682,480
34,5422,0652,519
33,6512,0572,553
34,0812,0482,559

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Saudi Arabia

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

North Macedonia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.